U.S. officials have revoked export licenses that allowed U.S. chip makers Intel and Qualcomm to supply semiconductors to Huawei, according to several reports, in the Biden administration’s latest effort to clamp down on the Chinese smartphone and telecom equipment giant.
FILE PHOTO: Huawei's latest laptops are powered by Intel's Core 9 Ultra chips.
According to the Financial Times and Reuters, the Commerce Department’s order targets the export of Intel and Qualcomm’s chips used to power Huawei’s upcoming smartphones and laptops.
The Commerce Department confirmed to both outlets it had revoked some licenses for exports to Huawei but did not name the impacted U.S. companies.
While most of Huawei’s newest flagship phones use its own locally developed Kirin chips, most of its other smartphones and tablets use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors.
Last month, Huawei also launched its flagship MateBook X Pro laptop powered by Intel’s latest Core Ultra 9 chips—which features a neural processing unit for AI-related tasks.
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